Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Hippies and Clown Hair!

Elder Brock Bird

Tuesday I went on exchanges with Elder Nelson. We taught a 16 year old girl named Victoria Quesenbery. Really cool. She got baptized this week! She was kind of nervous about everything so we just sat and talked with her and made sure baptism is what she wanted and she knew it was right! So obviously the lesson went pretty well. Other than that, we just did some tracting and ran into some hippies! Haha! I am so used to hippies they don't even stick out anymore. My life! One guy I thought legit had clown hair,but turned out, nope, it was real!

Wednesday we taught Robin, a way sick guy. We have worked with him for awhile. He is turning his balcony into a ship! Haha! It's for plays and theater type stuff. We talked to him a little about the Plan of Salvation. He said it totally made sense to him and that he was surprised how much he over thought it, but in reality it's so simple and not as complex as he made it out to be. That was cool! We also taught Haylee Odle. She is a member and her husband isn't. A really cute family! Their little boy loves us. He is really funny. We just talked and got to know the husband. We haven't really talked to him too much before but he really likes us and we have another appointment to see them again tomorrow, so it will be fun. We also met up with Roy and his wife. Roy has been reading and has really just opened up to the Gospel. When we first started teaching him he didn't really believe in God but now he knows there is one for sure! He said he knew deep down He was there all along. "I just didn't open my heart to it because I was too stubborn," he said. I asked him, "So why are you moving now?" Haha! Unfortunately that was our last visit with them. They moved to Utah, Cotton Wood Heights area this weekend!

President and Sister Young

Thursday, boy was it a long day! We had interviews with President Young from 8 to 5! My interview went well. I felt good when he talked about how impressed he was with me as a missionary, how I get people to open up, members or non members and how organized I am with running things in my district. He is a really cool, very sincere guy! We have a lot in common! Friday we had correlation and I had to prepare a talk for a fireside for the Eugene Stake! President asked me to go with him and talk. Haha! Lucky me! But it was fun! I enjoyed it, but that was on Sunday! In the meantime, we had a lesson with Qin Beavens from China. We finished talking about baptism and the Holy Ghost. She was funny, but it was a good lesson. She is really loving the church, so it's been good. We also helped the Leavits move. They're the family whose kids I read stories to. They left Friday. We helped them finish packing the truck and they were off. I'm gonna miss them! They are headed to Sandy, so who knows I might see them again! :)

Monica Bruin, a very
close friend who passed
away in June 2010.

Saturday we went to Carolina's! She is an older woman who has brain cancer and she broke her leg so she can't do anything in her yard. We went over there, taught her a lesson and then went to work! It reminded me of when Monica (Bruin)would sit in her front yard in her wheel chair and watch me work in her yard! :) It brought back some bittersweet memories. I really miss her! I actually carry her funeral pamphlet around in my suit jacket along with a picture of the family :) We did that then hit the streets. It was busy. Afterwards we correlated with our ward mission leader. Sunday we had church plus several meetings. We ate, tracted, visited people, and then I went to that fireside. Pretty interesting! I talked to the young single adults and the youth, a good experience! All in all that's my week!

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Farewell, August 1, 2010

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Oregon Eugene Mission

Brock's Mission President

President Mark Young and Sister Sue Young. They have four children and are from the Mount Olympus 4th Ward, Salt Lake Mount Olympus North Stake. President Young was a bishop and a former counselor in a stake presidency. Also served as a Young Men president, ward mission leader, high councilor, elders quorum president, and missionary in the Canada Toronto Mission. He has owned several McDonald's restaurants in the Salt Lake area. Click on their photo to see the Oregon Eugene Mission blog!

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Lincoln City is right on the coast, a beautiful place to end Brock's mission. He was sent to open this area and hopefully pave the way for many to be introduced to the Gospel. Lincoln has nearly 8-thousand residents. It's two main industries are tourism and retirement!

Winston--January 2012--May 2012 Served As Zone Leader

Brock lives in Winston, a very small town with a population of about 25-hundred people. It is next door to the more famous town of Roseburg. Located in Southwestern Oregon, Roseburg is a part of the hundred valleys of the Umpqua. In Roseburg, you can climb a mountain, raft a river or catch a salmon in some of the most picturesque areas of the Pacific Northwest. It is a part of a water wonderland crowned by the world famous Umpqua River. It is also close to the Oregon coast!

Brock's Weather In Lincoln City

Bend--July 2011--January 2012 Served As Zone Leader

Bend is central Oregon's largest city with a population of 76,639 as of the 2010 US Census. The town is located on the eastern edge of the Cascade Range along the Deschutes River. It started as a logging town but is now known for its many outdoor sports, including mountain biking, fishing, hiking, camping, rock climbing, white-water rafting, skiing, and golf.

Eugene--Served July 2011

Eugene is Oregon's second largest city with a population of 156,000. It's home to the Oregon Ducks and is widely known for its beauty, biking, running, rafting and kayaking.

Eugene Video Tour!

Klamath Falls--Served January-June 2011

Main Street in Klamath Falls. The town's population is about 21,000. The biggest employers are a medical center and the school district. Klamath Falls is also home to the Oregon National Guard's 173 Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field.

Klamath Falls Video

Corvallis--Served August 2010-January 2011

Downtown Corvallis. Population 55,000. Corvallis is the Benton County Seat, and a study showed that the county is the least religious per capita in the nation!

Brock's First Mission President

President Thomas MacDonald and Sister Kaye MacDonald. They were released in July 2011. Click on photo to see their blog.

Medford, Oregon Temple

The temple in Medford resides within the Oregon Eugene Mission. It is the 79th operating LDS temple and was dedicated in April 2000. There is also a temple in Portland.